Restless youth

Wednesday

Sep 26, 2012 at 12:01 AM

The big news is about the Muslim riots all over the world against the United States. There are two reasons for the unrest.

The big news is about the Muslim riots all over the world against the United States. There are two reasons for the unrest. The first reason is that they are getting tired of being under the thumb of the U.S. military for so long. The movie about Mohammad is just an excuse to riot. Our civil rights riots in Watts, Detroit, the District of Columbia and Los Angeles were not about social injustice or civil rights. The people doing the rioting just wanted to have a little fun, burn some buildings and loot some stores. It is the same thing in the Middle East.

In case you have missed it amid the Middle East news, there has been a lot social unrest and demonstrations all over the rest of the world. The recent school teacher strike in Chicago, the Occupiers in New York and the demonstrations in Russia are good examples. This leads me to believe that the real reason for the riots and the turmoil in the world is that it is the beginning of an “age” war. The young people, armed with their cell phones, are in rebellion with the older generation who currently runs things.

I was watching film clips of the Chicago school strike and one thing really stood out, and that was the fact that the strikers were all young. The rioters in Libya are all young. Watch the news and try to find anybody over 40 involved in any of the riots. Our own government is preparing for domestic violence.

As Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman philosopher, once wrote, “When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed.”

ROBERT D. SMITH Panama City Beach

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